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Recipe:

Pit-Roasted Red Calf

Ingredients:

1 red calf, never worked

3 branches of hyssop (or 5 pounds of zatar)

1 large bag cedar chips, soaked in fresh water

1 ball of thick wool thread

1 Tbl smoky paprika

1/2 tsp ground red pepper

1 Tbl olive oil

hot sauce (to taste)

Directions:

1. Dig a trench 6 ft long and 4 feet wide
2. Fill halfway with charcoal
3. Light the charcoal to get it started, while you prepare the calf.
4. Grind up the hyssop (if not using zatar), and rub the calf thoroughly with it inside and out.
5. Mix the paprika, red pepper, and olive oil, until it forms a smooth paste.
6. Roll out several yards of wool thread, and rub the red paste into it.  Make sure the twine gets nice and red.
7. Wrap the thread around the red calf, and tie in place with a knot.
8. When the coals are covered with white ash, place the water soaked cedar chips on the coals.
9. After a few minutes, place the red calf directly on the coals.
10. After half an hour, turn the calf over onto the other side.
11. Continue to turn the calf every half hour, for a total of 3 hours.
12. Remove from the coals and let it sit until it stops smoldering.
13. Chip off the outer crust with a chisel, cut up the calf with a chain saw as desired.  Serve with hot sauce.

YUMMY!